A movement consisting of varying but associated theories, originally developed by Charles S. Peirce and William James and distinguished by the doctrine that the meaning of an idea or a proposition lies in its observable practical consequences.

• 实用主义由查尔斯·s·皮尔斯及威廉·姆斯所创立的一种由各种不同的但又相互联系的理论组成的哲学运动，其特点是提出了概念或建议的意义存在于其可观察到的实际结果中的学说